Container



Dec. 5, 1939.

A. E. JOHNSON CONTAINER Filed Feb; 28, 1938 Patented Dec. 5, 1939 QONTArnold E. Soon, Bingoes, N. 3., Saks and Company, New York, N. Y a cotion of New York Application Feb 28, 1938, Serial No. 192,351

This invention relates to containers and, more particularly, tocontainers for packaging and dispensing articles, such for example, asrazor blades, and for providing a receptacle for the used articles.

One object of the invention is to provide a combined packaging anddispensing container and a holder for used razor blades, the combineddispensing and disposal container being simple 0 in construction andconvenient in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a container of the classdescribed having provision for the packaging therein of a large numberof articles, such as razor blades, and constructed in such manner thatthe space for the disposal of the used blades increases progressively asthe articles are dispensed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a packaging container,such as a cardboard box, having closure flaps at its opposite ends andpro vided with an inner receptacle movably mounted within the containerin engagement with the walls of the latter, the container being providedwith slots for the removal of individual blades therefrom and for theinsertion of the used blades into the inner receptacle, while theclosure flaps remain closed.

A yet further object of the invention is generally to improve packaging,dispensing and disposal containers for razor blades or similar articles.

The above objects of the invention and other objects ancillary theretowill best be understood from the following description considered withreference to the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a container embodying the presentinvention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the inner receptacle for the usedblades;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 illustrating another embodiment ofthe invention.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the container i0 made inaccordance with the present invention, comprises a packaging paper-boxor carton I 2 which may be folded from a single blank in accordance withthe conventional method of making paper boxes. The packaging containeri2 comprises front and rear walls l4 and I6, respectively, spaced fromeach other somewhat more than the width of a razor blade envelope of theusual type, and side walls It spaced from each other by an amountsomewhat larger than the length of the razor blade envelope. In otherwords, container l2 has a cross section which conforms in shape but issomewhat larger than the envelope containing a razor blade. Thecontainer is closed at one end thereof by a closure flap 2d integralwith front wall it at the connecting portions 22 at the bottom of saidfront wall. Said closure flap 28 has a folded tab 2% which customarilyis received within the container in engagement with the rear wall itthereof.

As clearly shownin Figs. 1 and 3, and closure 29 and the adjacent edgeportion of front wall it are formed to provide a slot 26 enlargedintermediate the ends thereof, as shown, to provide a finger grip forthe convenient removal of individual blades from the container. Theblades, indicated generally by the reference numeral 28, are disposed instacked relation within the container and can be readily withdrawn,preferably one at a time, from the container through said opening 26.The opposite end of the container is closed by a closure flap 36 whichis similar in all respects to closure flap 20, except that there is noopening formed therein. Tabs 35 are formed integrally with said sidewalls 58 adjacent closure '28 and similar tabs may be formed at theopposite end of the container.

The container 52 is provided with means disposed therein for receivingused blades." Said means comprises a receptacle 32, preferably such asthat illustrated in Fig. 2. The receptacle 32 is preferably a paper boxof such size and shape as to slidably engage the inner walls ofcontainer l2. Said container is closed at its bottom 36 and is open atits top 36. Also, said container has an opening 38 in its wall 0 topermit insertion of the used blades therein when the receptacle is closeto the end of the container opposite the dispensing end thereof. In thisconnection, it will be observed that the front wall Id of container i2is provided with a blade-inserting slot 52 which communicates withreceptacle 32 through opening 38 in the latter, when saidreceptacle isin the extreme position illustrated in Fig. 1, and it will be understoodthat blade-inser tion slot communicates with receptacle 32 through theopen top thereof when said receptacle is below said slot.

The size of container l2 may vary but as customarily used acomparatively large quantity of razor blades, say or 100, in accordancewith commercial practice, is packaged therein. When bid the packagingchamber of said container is full,

receptacle 32 is close to or engages the adjacent is close to or engagesclosure 20. As the blades are dispensed, receptacle 32 can follow themovement of the adjacent endmost blade toward the dispensing opening 26and in this moving toward said opening the chamber for the disposal ofthe blades is progressively enlarged. It will be understood thatreceptacle 32 is preferably designed so that it moves automaticallytoward the closure member under the weight of the used blades placedtherein. This makes it unnecessary to manually move the receptacle 32for enlarging the disposal chamber.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 4, the container Illais of substantially the same construction and includes the same parts asthose provided in the formof the invention illustrated in Fig. 1, exceptthat the packaging container l2a in this form of the invention may besomewhat narrower than the container l2 shown in Fig. 1 because thedispensing slot 26a extends for the full width of front wall a, and thehinged communication between said front wall and the end closure flap20a have been eliminated. Said closure flap 20a may be secured inposition in any suitable way. For example, as here shown, said closuremay be hinged integrally or otherwise to the side wall IBa as indicatedat 22a and may have a tab portion 24a inserted within the container andsecured to the adjacent end wall |8a thereof. The closure 30a at theopposite end of the container may be of any suitable type.

Thus, it is seen that the constructions herein shown and described arewell adapted to accomplish the several objects of the present invention.It will be understood, however, that while I have shown two forms of theinvention, the latter may be embodied otherwise than as here shown andthat in each of the illustrated embodiments certain changes in theconstruction and arrangement of parts may be made and will occur toskilled artisans in view of the present disclosure. Therefore, I do notwish to be limited precisely to the constructions herein shown or toeither of them, except as may be required by the appended claimsconsidered with reference to the prior art.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

l. A container of the class described having a packaging and dispensingchamber adapted to contain a plurality of articles; and provided, at thelower end of the container, with a narrow slot for the dispensing ofindividual articles from the bottom of said chamber while the latterremains closed at said end of the container, and means disposed in saidcontainer, at the end of the container remote from said article removalopening, providing a disposal chamber for the used articles dispensedfrom said first mentioned chamber, said means comprising a separatereceptacle movably mounted within said container in engagement with thelatter, said receptacle being progressively movable toward said firstmentioned end of the container as room therefor is made when thearticles are successively removed from said dispensing chamber, saidcontainer being'otherwise closed at its opposite ends and having a slotin a side wall, thereof, and said receptacle having a side wall providedwith an opening in communication with said slot.

2. A container of the class described having a packaging and dispensingchamber adapted to contain a plurality of articles and provided, at thelower end of the container, with a narrow slot for the dispensing ofindividual articles from said chamber while the latter remains closed atsaid end of the container, and means disposed in said container, at theend of said chamber remote from said article removal opening, providinga disposal chamber for the used articles dispensed from said firstmentioned chamber, said means comprising an open top receptacle movablymounted within said container in engagement with the latter above saiddispensing chamber, said receptacle having a side wall provided with anopening and said container having an opening in communication therewithfirst through said side wall opening and thereafter with said open topupon movement of said receptacle for the insertion of used articlestherein while the other end of the container remains closed.

3. A container of the class described having a packaging and dispensingchamber adapted to contain a plurality of articles and provided, at thelower end of the container with an opening for the dispensing of saidarticles, and means disposed in said container, at the upper end of saidchamber remote from said article removal opening, providing a disposalchamber for the used articles dispensed from said first mentionedchamber, said means comprising a receptacle movably mounted within saidcontainer in engagement with the side walls of the latter above saiddispensing chamber, said receptacle being movable under the weight ofthe articles therein, when the container is in vertical position and thefirst mentioned chamber is therebelow, whereby said receptacle followsthe articles in said packaging chamber as the latter move to- I wardsaid opening therein and said disposal

